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Did the United States operate the Fairey Swordfish?

A surviving Swordfish in Texas reflects later preservation, not wartime American operation of the type.

Question

Did the United States ever operate the Fairey Swordfish?

Short answer

No; the Swordfish preserved in Texas is a museum aircraft, not evidence of US wartime service.

Notes

The presence of a surviving Swordfish in Texas prompts a question about American service. The United States did not operate the aircraft. The Texas example belongs to museum preservation rather than to a US Navy wartime inventory. The distinction prevents an airframe's present location from being mistaken for its operational provenance.